On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, July 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

9 mph E · high slack

Where

  • West side white sand · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Bights and creeks · 6.0creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

6 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief